BANGQI Technology, a Chinese automation specialist known for its“dark factory” deployments, rolled out eight AI-driven production modules at the 17th China International Battery Fair (CIBF 2025) this week, aiming to push lithium-ion cell makers from isolated automation to end-to-end unattended manufacturing.

The privately held company demonstrated equipment for dock-side forklift-free unloading, auto-debundling of electrode foils and cell consumables, overhead transport (OHT) lines, aerial conveyors, AI visual inspection and autonomous yard vehicles. Combined, the systems cover every major node from raw-material arrival to finished-goods warehousing, creating what BANGQI calls a “closed-loop, zero-wait” plant.

Bangqi’s new package sits atop four in-house software layers: a family of narrow-domain AI models, an LDS pull-production scheduler, an ADS multi-brand fleet manager and an MOM factory-wide execution platform. The building-block approach, the firm said, lets battery, energy-storage and consumer-electronics makers swap modules without re-coding the backbone.

In a demonstration, the company’s dock-side loader synchronized with a wing-van AGV, cutting truck dwell time to near zero. An AI-guided foil unwrapping arm removed protective film while tracking tension to avoid micro-tears. Overhead trolleys, hung from ceiling rails, routed trays above clean-room bottlenecks; vision stations flagged surface blemishes in milliseconds, trimming false rejects.

Savings Add Up

Field deployments across more than 1,000 global projects show automation rates topping 90 %, BANGQI said, halving direct labor costs and shaving 30 % off equipment spending. Output per line, the company claims, typically rises about 10 %.

Clients include CATL,EVE Energy,AESC,JinkoSolar,SF,DHL,Sunwoda,and UAES. Most customers are Fortune Global 500 groups or segment leaders, according to Bangqi. The company runs delivery centers in China, North America, Europe and Southeast Asia.

“By stitching together management, logistics and execution, we’re giving manufacturers a systemic cure for the ‘three headaches’—man, material and quality,” a BANGQI product manager said at the booth.

Strategic Stakes

The Shenzhen showcase underscores Bangqi’s ambition to ride the next wave of factory digitization: shifting from “single-point” robots to plant-wide orchestration. Analysts say the leap could help battery makers protect margins as prices for lithium-ion packs fall and Western rivals scale up.

BANGQI plans to plow more of its cash flow into R&D, fine-tuning modules for high-mix, small-batch lines typical in solid-state and stationary-storage cells. “The industry is staring at an AI super-cycle,” the manager said. “Those who automate early will widen the gap.”